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Python Developer @ From September 2015 to Present (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaData and Evaluation Coordinator @ Managed data collected for two federally funded programs, Eat. Right. Now (ERN) and Nutrition for Life (NFL) Initiated and implemented efficient strategies to streamline data collection from ERN and NFL Conducted monthly, quarterly and yearly reports to ensure ERN...

Python Developer @ From September 2015 to Present (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaData and Evaluation Coordinator @ Managed data collected for two federally funded programs, Eat. Right. Now (ERN) and Nutrition for Life (NFL) Initiated and implemented efficient strategies to streamline data collection from ERN and NFL Conducted monthly, quarterly and yearly reports to ensure ERN and NFL programs are on track and determine if/where further detailed attention is required Organized and trained nutrition educators in Excel to create reports concerning NFL programming Developed a database in Excel for program evaluation and trained employees for data entry Administered needs-assessment surveys; collected, cleaned and analyzed data to find themes Ensured that all regulatory documentation (related to IRB applications and amendments) and approvals were up-to-date Leveraged Census GIS system to determine qualifying sites for nutritional programming Managed documentation and ensured compliance for City and State evaluations pertaining to ERN Responsible for data entry, quality control and data management relating to ERN and NFL programming Managed data collected for two federally-funded programs, Youth Tobacco Sale Law Enforcement and Tobacco Merchant Education Interpreted data and analyzed results using an internal database and Excel to create reports for stakeholders Communicated and provided progress reports on a bimonthly basis to the City of Philadelphia Hosted and organized meetings to discuss current problem areas to ultimately improve internal databases and improve overall project efficiency Spearheaded and acted as Liaison between IT specialist and Tobacco Enforcement team to devise a plan to improve databases; tracked/ensured implementation of the plan Responsible for data entry, quality control and data management for Youth Tobacco Sales Law Enforcement and Tobacco Merchant Education From 2013 to August 2015 (2 years) Greater Philadelphia AreaProject Coordinator @ Investigated adverse effects of housing on the health of residents in Philadelphia Managed and analyze data collected from a federally funded project pertaining to asthma reduction in children Trained community outreach workers to carry out data entry Analyzed data to evaluate the extent to which asthma triggers are present in inner city residences Evaluated survey results using SPSS to determine if asthma intervention was effective Managed and analyzed data collected from a federally funded project pertaining to lead in Family Day Care Homes Analyzed data collected from an in-depth safety assessment and a pre-test assessment to determine knowledge of asthma, injury, and lead hazards of Family Day Care Home operators Prepared reports to disseminate to various stakeholders From February 2012 to September 2012 (8 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaGraduate Researcher @ Carried out a descriptive study of the occupational health of factory workers in Delhi Collected data at the Employee State Insurance (ESI) Corporation Hospital Conducted 23 interviews using an American Thoracic Society (ATS) Questionnaire to factory workers who were patients in the Pulmonary Department at the ESI Hospital Collected data from 86 participants of a health camp at a footwear factory sponsored by the Occupational Health Research Institute Inspected the factory for possible occupational health risks Provided feedback to the Occupational Health Research Institute based on the analysis From July 2011 to May 2012 (11 months) Graduate Researcher @ Collaborated with the Clean Air Council of Philadelphia to determine possible health effects of the Marcellus Shale gas drilling Applied a holistic approach for assessing, developing, and disseminating risk reduction strategies for people who live in communities within close proximity to the Marcellus Shale gas drilling From March 2011 to June 2011 (4 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaCytogenetic FISH Technologist @ Utilized the technique of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to determine chromosomal abnormalities Maintained inventory of all slides processed in the FISH Department Loaded and classified UroVysion cases using the fluorescent microscope Classified UroVysion cases using the fluorescent microscope Prepared the UroVysion slides for classification Determined whether UroVysion case will be classified under the fluorescent microscope or on the Bioview System Processed UroVysion samples and Her-2/neu tissue samples From June 2008 to July 2010 (2 years 2 months) Master of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health @ Drexel University From 2010 to 2012 Bachelor of Science, Biology @ The University of Connecticut From 2004 to 2008 Amrita Chawla is skilled in: SAS, Microsoft Office, SPSS, Public Health, Epidemiology, Data Analysis, Program Evaluation, Biostatistics, Health Education, Research, Literature Reviews, Qualitative Research, Statistics, Data Collection, Health Promotion